Officers track down suspect a few blocks away

8:39 PM,
Oct. 13, 2013

49 N. Broadway in Yonkers, where Sharon Contreras, 47, was found shot on Saturday evening.

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Police have arrested a 52-year-old city man after he allegedly shot and killed his wife late Saturday.

Yonkers police were called to 49 North Broadway around 10:50 p.m. and found Sharon Contreras, 47, with a gunshot wound to the upper chest. She was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Police said the victim's husband, Jose Contreras, fled the scene. Officers located him a few blocks away at 74 Warburton Ave. A sweep of the area by a K-9 unit also turned up a handgun, police said. ...